First cups, now beakers (part1)

Oh dear, where to start? So yesterday I posted on the subject of trainer cups, describing the two most popular open cups that we sell. I promised we'd have a quick run through the alternative world of beakers. But there are soooo many it might take a couple of posts to even scratch the surface.

OK, so we have some fundamental decisions to make: Do you want a valve or not? Put it another way - do you mind water/juice/milk being split over your designer sofa? If the answer is yes then there are several slightly different systems on the market. The all conquering anyway up cup is probably the best known and now there are several versions that have been designed by Conran & partners I believe. These available in the Kiddies Kitchen shop and I will upload them on the website very very shortly. In the meantime if you want one - give us a call in the shop or email us. There are other valve cups - avent magic cups, tomme tippee do one aswell. From personal experience our first son never really got on with valves as he didn't suck hard enough. this lead us first to the tommee tippee first cup which has been around for decades and still is a great seller.

The next great discovery was the vital baby range. These do have a valve but you can take it out! Simple but it really worked for us. No 1 son still used one of their 6 months beakers now for a drink of milk in the morning (he's two and a half).

A good note to end this post is the award winning vital three stage trainer cup (bottom of this page) which neatly straddles the two worlds of beaker and open cup and also has a foot in both the valve and non-valve camps. No wonder its our best selling beaker and has been heavily recommended in the press. Its too tricky to explain all its wonders so just take a look at it on the website.

posted by Richard @ 1:02 PM